Madras HC Stays ED’s Property Attachment in Copyright Case

S.Shankar Vs Deputy Director (Madras High Court) The Madras High Court issued an interim stay on the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) provisional attachment order against director S. Shankar, concerning property valued at ₹10 crore. This attachment order stemmed from a private complaint alleging copyright infringement under Section 63 of the Copyrights Act, 1957, and Section 490 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), related to the film “Enthiran.” The court noted that a related civil suit, C.S.No.914 of 2010, filed by the complainant, which also alleged copyright infringement, had ...